Boy racers have turned Kerry beach into ‘Mondello Park’

ONE of Kerry’s popular beach areas has become “like Mondello Park” since a caravan park there was last year shut down by Kerry County Council, it was claimed yesterday.

The caravan park on the back beach at Rossbeigh had been used by upwards of 30 families since the 1960s, but was closed last year because it was in breach of environmental and planning laws, according to the council.

Concerns had previously been raised by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) about the effects of the caravan park on sand dunes, and possible pollution from the park’s septic tank system.